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Why Cients should trust Lawyers – New Onitsha Bar Boss

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Alphonsus Nweze The new chairman of Onitsha Bar, popularly called premier Bar, Mazi Iheanyichukwu Uba, has stressed the need for clients to trust their lawyers.Speaking shortly after he was elected the chairman of Onitsha Bar last Friday at Onitsha Bar Centre, Mazi Uba said when a client engages a legal practitioner, he/she has no option than to trust his/her lawyer, although there might be one or two errors or misjudgment in the discharge of his duties as a lawyer. He however stated that if there is any reason for one…

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Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights suit against DSS

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In an unending battle between Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the prosrcibed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of States Services (DSS) a Federal High Court, Abuja, predised over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Kanu. The judge dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and substance.Kanu, through his lawyer, Maxwell Opara, had, in a fundamental rights enforcement suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1585/2021, sued the Director-General (DG) of DSS and the office as 1st and 2nd respondents respectively.He also joined the Attorney-General…

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Alleged drug trafficking: Court turns down DCP Abba Kyari’s bail application

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant an application for bail filed by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who declined to grant the plea in a motion ex-parte brought by Kyari’s Lawyer, C. O. Ikena, ordered that the respondent, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), be put on notice.He, thereafter, adjourned the matter until April 24 for the motion to be taken.When the matter was called, Ikena informed that she had an ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ANJ/CS/182/22 before the court. She…

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Ebonyi Assembly speaker, lawmakers challenege court’s jurisdiction on defection

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The Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru and 16 other lawmakers have challenged the hearing of their defection suit before the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja.Justice Inyang Ekwo had fixed March 8, 2022 for judgment in a suit, praying the court to sack Gov. David Umahi and lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.Nwifuru and his colleagues, in Novenber 2020, defected from the PDP, alongside the governor, for APC.Reacting, the PDP filed a suit before Justice…

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Alleged $1m fraud: Court acquits rtd Air Commodore Umar Mohammed

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, discharged and acquitted Rtd Air Commodore Umar Mohammed of money laundering charge preferred against him. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the prosecution had failed to prove the essential ingredients of the charge. According to Justice Ekwo, I find that the prosecution has failed to prove counts one and two on the charge sheet beyond reasonable doubt. “Therefore, the prosecution has failed to discharge the burden of proof as required by law in this case. “The cardinal principle of law is…

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